Despite their initial success, early Islamic P&B agricultural systems in Israel were largely abandoned after the Crusader conquest and, surprisingly, were not reestablished. However, these traditional systems found renewed application in regions such as Iran, Algeria, the Gaza Strip, and parts of Iberia since the Middle Ages, where they continue to support agriculture in marginal environments.
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This Nature article gives a complete overview on what we know about the plastisphere. And there is a new worry: nanoplastics.
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Transitioning operations takes some tweaks in the short term, but working with an experienced supplier makes the process easier. Green Paper Products has years of experience helping the food industry switch over to certified compostable products.
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Yemen gets a week long honey festival to celebrate its bees and unique varieties of honey.
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How do you profit from this? Use it as a benchmark of honesty. When a company says in bold print, “we value our employees” and then pays its CEO a gross amount for non-performance and pays employees a living wage, you can understand the limits of his/her words.
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Garbage collectors in Ankara have turned an abandoned brick factory into a community library full of discarded books.
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Vita is very different from the normal sort of religion we are familiar with as it doesn't hold a position on the existence of God/s or an eternal soul. Instead, it is a nature-based religion devoted to our Living Planet.
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Sustainable sleeping and an eco bedroom.
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If I look at the track record of Saudi Arabia with its production and manipulation of cost of fossil fuels by Saudi Aramco and its apparent lack of awareness for sustainable development, it would make more sense to choose a country like Israel to host World Environment Day.
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This story is about eco mattresses and the benefit of buying one. It also is about the environmental impact mattress production and disposal has on the environment
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10 ways to lower your personal carbon footprint
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This story is about my experience at Project Wadi Attir and background on what the project does.
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This story is about Ada Hanina Cafe in Jaffa and its owner Tomer. Tomer wanted to blend good coffee and music to create the best cafe experience for his community.
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Growing up in America, recycling has always been a well-known concept that everyone knows to do. Whether Americans participate in it or not, it can be found everywhere. Back home, we have two trash cans: garbage and recycling.
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Cow dung could be used to create a next generation sustainable material, according to a new report.
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